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Author: Ken Green
Trans Mountain pipeline will benefit Canada – at a very high price
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nationalizing the project is far from ideal. It’s an admission that Canada’s regulatory approval process is profoundly broken
Why build a pipeline if we prohibit oil tanker traffic?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s Bill C-48 would indefinitely ban most oil tankers loading or unloading anywhere on the B.C. north coast
Priming the pump of bad incentives in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes The nationalization of a project with massive profit potential like Trans Mountain is an admission that Canada’s regulatory system is badly – if not entirely – broken
Vancouver mayor’s pipe dreams and twisted perspectives
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s attacks on Trans Mountain pipeline based on falsehoods and nonsensical enviro-rhetoric
Trans Mountain a pipeline to prosperity and stability
Reading Time: 3 minutes First Nations support pipelines, including Trans Mountain. Abandoning the project will be a severe blow to those communities
Dropping the gloves over pipelines
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kinder Morgan’s acknowledgement that doing business in Canada may not be worth the trouble represents a watershed moment in Canadian economic history
The high cost of pipeline obstructionism in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our lack of capacity to cheaply transport crude is costing us billions. Policy-makers need to recognize the urgent need for pipelines
A flicker of hope in Canada’s gloomy energy climate
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s proposed tax incentive plan for an LNG facility in Kitimat is a step forward. But more must happen to revitalize Canada’s economy
Manitoba mining industry buried by policies, taxes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mining investors dramatically downgrade Manitoba in annual survey. Only the provincial government can fix this